The then-Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock wanted to revamp his government's image as well as to counter PAP's growing appeal by bringing various parties together under one banner, which was initially named United Socialist Front. LF, LSP and WP refused to dissolve but SPA successfully invited many of their members to cross over. In the 1959 General Election, the SPA-LF-UMNO-MCA ruling coalition was voted out of power. In the 1963 GE, it came together with the UMNO-MCA-MIC alliance to form SA but the bloc failed to clinch any seat. After SA was restructured into a single party called APS, SPA was dissolved.